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THE GOOD SHEPHERD ON THE ATLANTIC: GREYHOUND

MUSIC CINEMA & BOOKSJuly 29, 2020

by Symeon J. Thompson There’s an old military adage repeated in different forms – “amateurs talk about tactics, while professionals study logistics”. This gets to the real heart of the matter when it comes to war. If you cannot ensure your people are supplied, then there’s only so long they can last, no matter how good their training and equipment is, or whatever other natural strategic advantages they have. In fact, one of the main categories of military strategy is exhaustion – eroding the will and ability of the enemy to fight by denying them access to things they need…

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Jul222020

Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: A critique

JUSTICE LAW & CRIMEJuly 22, 2020

by Doug Brown The final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was published in April 1991. The royal commission was established in October 1987 and conducted exhaustive inquiries into 99 deaths of Aborigines that occurred in police and prison custody from January 1, 1980, to May 31, 1989. The commission wrote…

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Hitler’s catastrophic war on the peoples of Eastern Europe

HISTORY & PHILOSOPHYJuly 22, 2020

by Jeffry Babb Germany had been the dominant power in Europe since the Franco-German War (1870-1871). The French were defeated despite the confident assertion of superiority in weapons and manpower. The war was a blow to French pride from which it never really recovered. The Germans had well-defined strategic aims, which they achieved. This was the first German war in the West. The cause of the second war in the West, the Great War (1914-1918) is usually ascribed to a failure in “balance of power” politics. The eventual victors, in so far as there were any, suffered grievous losses. The…

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LOCKDOWN DIVERSION: Solvitur ambulando (It is solved by walking)

MUSIC CINEMA & BOOKSJuly 22, 2020

by Symeon J. Thompson Walking is something we don’t pay much mind to. When it comes to exercise there is preference for exertion and effort, when it comes to transport there is a preference for efficiency and speed, and when it comes to relaxation there is a preference for inertia and the sedentary. Walking is inefficient and ineffective: an exercise for those who can no longer exercise, or transport for those who can afford no better. But walking, or rather the ability to walk, is essential to humans as a species. Irish neuroscientist Shane O’Mara published In Praise of Walking…

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